Instrumentation Technician (Cement Industry)

Job Summary

• Perform routine maintenance, repairs, installation, calibration, adjustment, and integration of various types of plant instrumentation equipment.
  
  
  

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform all work order maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration of plant equipment as directed
• Troubleshoot, inspect, test, maintain, repair, clean and calibrate instrumentation and solid state and microprocessor-based control equipment including plant communications equipment, programmable controllers, distributive control systems, generator excitation equipment, battery chargers, and semi-conductor devices
• Repair or replace control devices such as switches, photo eyes, proximity sensors, pushbuttons, contactors, motor starters, transmitters, etc. as needed
• Install control and measurement instruments on existing or new plant equipment
• Use a wide range of test equipment, including recorders, computers, control and tuning modules, PC based software analyzer programs, oscilloscopes, data analyzers, logic test equipment, analogue, and digital multi-meters, meggars and other test equipment, while performing tests to identify problems and to maintain and calibrate equipment to performance standards
• Make regular inspection rounds of plant instrumentation, and control equipment
• Assist in developing detailed preventive and predictive maintenance procedures for plant instrumentation and control equipment
• Install, build, or modify plant instrument, and control equipment as directed by the Instrumentation Engineer or Section Head
• Troubleshooting, repair, and minor programming of various PLC control systems, frequency drives and other electrical equipment
• Participate in plant safety, health and environmental programs and observe safety in accordance with government and company standards.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Section Head/Engineers from time to time
  
  
  

Requirements

Education and Work Experience

• Ordinary National Diploma of its equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Trade Test with Minimum of (8) years relevant work experience
  
  
  

Skills And Competencies

• Good knowledge of phase testers, multimeters, meggers and other testing equipment
• Ability to read and interpret documents and drawings
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Very good organisational skills
• Good interpersonal, networking and teaming skills
• Proficiency in the use of office productivity tools
  
  
  

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Training and Development